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Historical Event on 8/14/1968
Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1988 | On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking. |
| 7/31/1997 | V. Thangapandian (64), Tamil Nadu Commercial Taxes Minister, died at Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district. |
| 11/19/1998 | Shruti Khanna won her Maiden title on Indian soil in the Northern India Ladies Championship at the Delhi Golf Course. |
| 9/6/1961 | D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966. |
| 11/8/1927 | Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan). |
| 6/7/1984 | Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
| 5/11/1970 | A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed. |
| 2/27/1912 | Lawrence Durrell, Britsh writer (Alexandria Quartet, Private Country), was born in Darjeeling, India. . |
| 5/27/1930 | Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March. |
| 1/9/1918 | Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born. |
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